Author: Declan Schuster

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Cruz believes King has found his Heart

King Of Hearts (118lb) put first-season blues behind him with a breakthrough Hong Kong win first-up this season, boosting trainer Tony Cruz's expectations ahead a hoped for follow-up in Sunday's (6 October) Class 2 Sheung Wan Handicap (1400m). “It took him a while to acclimatise to Hong Kong, he was very disappointing,” Cruz said of[...]
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Whyte’s Kingdom

Last Kingdom (125lb) got off the mark at his 21st start and Hong Kong's newest trainer Douglas Whyte remains upbeat about his Frankel entire's ability to repeat the dose in tonight's (25 September) Tai Shue Wan Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley. “He was his own worst enemy in the fact that he was a bit[...]
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Umberto’s Choice the Right one

Umberto Rispoli heads into Wednesday's (11 September) eight-race card at Happy Valley primed for the mount aboard Right Choice (118lb) in the Class 2 Big Wave Bay Handicap (1650m). Happy Valley's first meeting of the season marks the start of the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, which runs until 26 February. The competition is for[...]
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Whyte’s Fortune continues

Douglas Whyte had only one runner on the card this Sunday (8 September) at Sha Tin, but Hong Kong's newest trainer made it count as Big Fortune (128lb) powered away in the Class 4 Tung Wah Group Of Hospitals Challenge Cup Handicap (1200m). Ridden by Alberto Sanna, the son of Moshe broke well and made[...]
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Moore needs Magic

Purton secured a double on Wednesday (3 July) night and will look to help John Moore close the two-win gap on John Size in the race for the trainers' premiership, when he rides Magic Success (131lb) in the Class 4 Beas River Country Club Handicap (1400m). “It's all just tempo related for him, if he[...]
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Aethero can fly high

John Moore has Zac Purton's services for arguably the most exciting of all of Hong Kong's young guns, the unbeaten two-year-old Aethero (123lb), who steps up to handicap company for the first time in the Class 3 Riding High Together Handicap (1200m) at Sha Tin on Monday (1 July). “We'll get to see what he's[...]
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Styling for Schofield

Chad Schofield has developed a solid working relationship with John Moore in recent months and the young Australian is keen to deliver his biggest win for the master handler in Sunday's (23 June) Group 3 Premier Cup Handicap (1400m) with Styling City. “I've been riding a fair bit for him, it's good to get a[...]
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Thinkin’ Derby

Thinkin' Big (128lb) finished at the tail in last year's Victorian Derby (2500m) at Flemington as favourite but the newly-acquired Frankie Lor gelding might get his chance at another Derby next March as he begins his Hong Kong career in Sunday's Class 2 Staunton Handicap (1600m) under Umberto Rispoli. “He's a very nice horse, seeing[...]
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